Hip-strap line-holder.



No. 885,681. PATENTED NOV. 13,1906.

S. E. HARSH. HIP STRAP LINE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 27. 1905.

itneoam THE NORRIS PETERS c0, WASHINGTON, n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application filed October 27, 1905. Serial No- 284.661.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. HARSH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wabash, in the county of l/Vabash and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hip-Strap Line-Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to harness, but more particularly to a rein or line holder or support, and has for its object to provide a device to be secured on the hip-strap of harness in order to support or hold the reins or lines.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of this class which can be manufactured at a low cost, and which can be quickly attached on the hip-strap, and which is so constructed thatit cannot slip out of position or become accidentally detached, and it is in this construction that my invention consists.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of rein or line holder in position on hip-strap, a portion of rein or line being also illustrated. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal section through the rein or line holder. Fig. 3 is a similar view with hip strap removed. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of same, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

Like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several figures, in which 1 indicates the hip-strap, and 2 the rein or line.

3 indicates the rein or line holder, comprising the frame 4, having parallel side bars 5 and 6 and the central bar 7.

8 indicates the rein or line supporting prong, having a rounded head 9, said prong being curved at 10 and secured to or formed on the frame 4, as shown.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 3, it will be seen that the central bar 7 is provided with a knife-edge 11 in order to engage the under side of the hip-strap to prevent the rein or line holder from slipping on said strap after the strap has been passed through the rein or I line holder, as shown. In order to more efi fectually secure the rein or line holder in position on the hip-strap, two sharp projections or edges 12 are formed on the inside of each of the side bars 5 and 6 near the ends thereof, said sharp projections or edges 12 being substantially at right angles to the hip-strap 1 when said hip-strap is in normal position, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described the several parts of my invention, its operation is as follows: The end of the hip-strap is passed through the rein or line holder, substantially the same as a strap is passed through a buckle, except that the rein or line holder is worked along the hip-strap by looping the strap, so as to prevent the same from coming in contact with the knife-edge 11 on the central bar 7 and the sharp projections or edges 12 on the inside of the side bars 5 and 6. When the rein or line holder is in the desired position on the hipstrap, the said strap is straightened out, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, which brings the under side of the strap in contact with the knifeedge 11 on the central bar 7 and causes the edges of the strap to be engaged by the sharp projections or edges 12 on the inside of the bars 5 and 6, as shown in Fig. 5, which firmly holds the rein or line holder in proper position and obviates all possibility of the same from slipping.

Having thus fully described my invention, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact construction herein set forth, as various sli ht changes may be made therein which would fall within the limit and scope of my invention, and I consider myself clearly entitled to all such changes and modifications.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A rein or line holder comprising a frame and a rein or line supporting prong, a central bar in said frame, said central bar being provided with a sharp edge arranged to engage a strap, and a sharp projection or edge on said frame arranged to engage the edge of the strap.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL E. HARSH.

Witnesses: Y H. B. LA SELLE,

IVIARY E. HANSING 

